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Can Trazodone cause seizures or panic attacks?
I am prescribed Adderall and have been on it for about 2 months, I have never had a seizure or anything similar to it. I got a new (same dose) prescription for Adderall, along with one for Trazodone (my doctor told me to take half the Adderall dose at 5PM if I had to work a night shift) for sleep. Now, I took Adderall as normal, and had to work a night shift on Friday. I took the Trazodone when I got home, at around 1030PM. My doctor told me to take another a half hour later if I didn't feel tired, and I didn't feel tired so I took the second dose (100mg total). Here's what happened: I don't even know if this is a seizure. As I was pouring the water I felt extremely drowsy and dropped the glass in the sink, and my vision turned white-ish, like I was looking into a bright light, and I saw dots and my hands started trembling, I felt really heavy and fell to the floor and I could not breathe for about 5-10 minutes, I knew this was nothing serious because I'm 19 and in good health and I researched the new drug and it couldn't possibly cause death, so I didn't call 9-11. Then in about what seemed like 1-2 minutes but was actually 15-20 minutes I got up, and felt completely normal and exhausted ready to sleep. My question is: what is this? A seizure or panic attack or something else? And second: can Trazodone cause it?
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- 10 years agoFavorite Answer
call a pharmacist (at the pharmacy) for a consultation. they should be able to tell you.
- Anonymous5 years ago
I am diagnosed and a self affirmed person with generalized anxiety with anxiety attacks on a regular basis. I too take an antidepressant with lorazepam. I take 300mg of effexor daily which also helps with anxiety and at night i have to take benedryl (same ingredient as unisom) and later right before bed i take 2mg of the lorazepam (ativan). I cant sleep otherwise. I have tried trazedone and OH MY GOD!! I was almost a hung over zombie the next day and luckily my mom lived by so she could help me care for my son who was 2 at the time. I only took it that one time because of that. My sister had the same side effect with trazedone as well. ( i come from a family with lots of mental issues) Also, the only other thing i know from experience is that these antidepresants stop working on you after a while. I was on Zoloft, wellbutrin-sr, lexapro, prozac (8 weeks only then became suicidal) and now on effexor. the two that have really helped me to get on my feet and become "myself" again was the lexapro and effexor. zoloft and wellbutrin were ok but had side effects and prozac just did not help me at all.
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